California- February 2017 - Day 1

February 8, 2017 (Wednesday)

Trip time!! CA here we come…again! We had a morning flight out to LAX. The flight was good other than for some reason we ended up in the very last row on the plane – we did not pick those seats when we booked our flight. On the positive note the flight attendants were very nice and let us pick a meal for free. Amazingly we still had to wait for our bags at the luggage carousal.

The car rental location was pretty far from the airport (we booked with Alamo). Luckily there was not a line and we were able to get the car pretty fast. Mike selected a Dodge Dart, which was not bad other than the lack of charging capabilities (no USB charging ports).

Beach at Dana Point

We headed to Capistrano Beach, it was quite foggy so we did not get great views.  After the beach we headed to Dana Point for lunch at The Shwack Beach Grill. The food was just okay, which was kind of disappointing since the place had a really good trip advisor rating (#2 for Dana Point).

Continuing down the coast we stopped at the visitor center in Oceanside. We checked out the harbor and the strand. The pier in Oceanside is supposed to be really neat also, but since it was still very foggy we did not walk it.

It was getting to be late afternoon so we decided to just go check-in to the place we were staying – Riviera Oaks Resort and Racquet Club, which was up in the hills of Ramona. The place was really nice and it was very quiet.